Why is iphone6 deleteing all my contacts, names and numbers ??

Has anyone got an answer: please help.
My iphone 6 16gb has just deleted all my contacts, names & numbers. It has the latest software and luckily i backed it up last week but to just delete them isn't right. Your whole life is basically on that phone so to be out and no way to contact anyone leaves you in a bit of a mess.
I'm worried about restoring it incase it puts them back on then deletes them while backing it  back up. The whole lot would be lost.
Can anyone help ?? Thanks.

How were you syncing your contacts before; through iCloud or through an email account?

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